The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-04-23
MAINE.
Good Showing for an Insurance

Good Showing for an Insurance
Company.
Especial to the Press.l
NEW YORK, April 22.-The life insurance
report of Superintendent Maxwell has just
been published. 1t appears that of the new
business transacted in 1886 by the twenty
nine companies authorized to do business in
New York State, amounting to $44S, S,514, ,242,
more than one-fourth of the amount was is
sued by the Equitable Life Assurance Socie-
ty.
Accident on the Maine Central.
Especial to the Press.l
BANGOR, April 22.-There was landslide
near the Wilderness station, on the Eu-
ropean & North American branch of the
Maine Central this morning The down
passenger train from st. John to this city
struck the mass of earth and rocks. and the
engine was badly smashed and two cars
thrown from the rails. No one was injured.
The Bridge at Livermore Falls.
Especial to the Pressl
LIvERMoRE FALLS, April 21.-About $500
of the amount necessary to make the bridge
free at Livermore Falls, has been raised
thus far. The remaining 5000 will undoubt-
edly be raised in a short time. The heaviest
subscribers for the bridge are as follows:
F. S. Richmond, $1Co; Umbagog Pulp Com
pany, $lo0; Judge Knapp, $50; S. E. Per-
kins, $50; c. r. Noyes of Boston. $50. All
are strongly in favor of free bridge, and
almost every citizen has subscribed some-
thing in aid of this movament
An Investigation Asked For
BIDDEFoRD, April 22.-Prominent citizens
of Kennebunkport have asked for an inves-
tigation of the cause of the fire which de-
stroyed so much property in that village last
week A jury has been empanneled, wit
nesses summoned. and fire inquest will be
held next week. The fire started in the
skating rink, which had not been occupied
for several months, and various rumors re-
garding its origin are in circulation. The
rink was owned by George Wilson of Law
renee, and was insured for $500.
Post offices Discontinued.
WASHINGTON, April 22.-Ihe following
Maine post offices were discontinued today
Garcelon's Ferry, Androscoggin county, and
Pratt's Corner, Androscoggin county.
Fire at Skowhegan.
SKowHEGAN, April 22.-Thursday after
noon an alarm of fire was rung in at Show
hogan, occasioned bya blaze at Bailey's OIL
cloth works. The fire started in small
shanty used for boiling oil. The building
was destroyed. The crews were at work,
and by hard labor the fire was confined to
the shanty, although at one time the destruc-
tion of the three large buildings seemed in
evitable.
Supposed to be Drowned.
BATH, April 22.-James P. House, of Bath
aged 60 years, a ship carpenter, has been
missing since o'clock Thursday morning.
His hat was found on the shore near William
Rogers ship yard, and it is believed he has
drowned himself. He was deeply in debt
and much depressed. Men are searching for
the body.
Murphy's Life in Prison.
AUGUSTA, April 22.-The case of the State
VS.. Reuben c. Hall, the Gardiner liquor
dealer in which Deputy Collector Murphy
figured, has been settled. The jury found
residing in JAIL awaiting developments and
taking matters calmly. He had large mum
ber of visits yesterday from his friends
| The prisoner has received numerous favor:
in the way of ice cream, bouquets, etc, He
appears happy, and dates all his letter;
"Kennebec Jail" His cell is a great source
| of attraction to visitors, and all are desirou'
| of obtaining peek at it.
Bath Board of Trade.
| BATH, April 2l.-At a special meeting o
| the Bath Board of Trade today, the follow
| ing resolution was passed, and copy sen
| to the chairman of the Interstate Com
merce Commission:
That the Interstate commerce law s0called
| approved by the President Feb Attn, was special
| ly intended to protect our national commerc
against the unjust and arbitrary discrimination i
| rates for overland transportation, thereby AFFORD
| ing salutary relief to the heretofore INVADED right
| of navigation, and that the objective benehcls
| dered abortye il the Commission construe U
words Gin special cases, after investigation by IN
Commission" in the fourth section, to wdrraI
| them in holding the law in aDeyance, not Il
| special cases." but for whole systems of tran
continental lines of railroad.
A Challenge.
WATERvILLE, April 22.-Mr C. H. Ne
son eff Wateryille, publishes the followin
challenge:
Having heard that Mr.. Roland Gibson of Ma
saehusetts made very loud talk as to what yea
ling he owns can do on race course, make hi
this proposition: will trot colt now own Il
same age as his, IN 1888, for purse Of $3.50
Gibson does not care TO take this, il is equally a
plicable to any other colt owned in Maine OF Ii
same age as his G. ii. NELSON.